Post #101
I've now seen both your cars ....both very very nice 
Both keep the pics coming
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 Day666
Seasoned Pro  Location: Bristol Registered: 20 Apr 2013 Posts: 5,214 Status: Offline |
Both keep the pics coming |
 Posted 29th Nov 2016 at 17:56
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mechanical_repairs
Seasoned Pro  Location: leicester Registered: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 12,122 Status: Offline |
Post #102
bigbadbowen wrote: R26r are still silly money Will only get worse. Carl ________________________________________ C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest. Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo |
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Posted 29th Nov 2016 at 18:24
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans!  Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #103
So not much has happened with the Yellow s**tbox except I've somehow bought it 2 new friends    Black one will donate it's heart to my other R26 and the engine from the blue one is destined for a new project  |
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Posted 8th Jan 2017 at 18:45
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,891 Status: Offline |
Post #104
Why? Just why? ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 8th Jan 2017 at 22:57
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Chr1sch
Seasoned Pro  Location: Worcester Registered: 02 Aug 2014 Posts: 1,025 Status: Offline |
Post #105
lol you've gone renault crazy! How are you finding them reliability wise etc? |
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Posted 9th Jan 2017 at 09:17
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welshpug!
Capt Pedantic  Location: Bigend, Wales. Registered: 27 Mar 2007 Posts: 25,870 Status: Offline |
Post #106
gnrlee wrote: Why? Just why? no money in gti6's any more Also, someone has to  ________________________________________ need a part number? get on here - http://public.servicebox.peugeot.comBring on the Trumpets. |
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Posted 9th Jan 2017 at 10:12
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #107
gnrlee wrote: Why? Just why? As Mei said ther'es no money or 306's left any more |
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Posted 9th Jan 2017 at 13:22
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,891 Status: Offline |
Post #108
true,... that ant there arnt many left to break! ________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 9th Jan 2017 at 13:23
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #109
Chr1sch wrote: lol you've gone renault crazy! How are you finding them reliability wise etc? Mines been great in the 9/10 months ive had it and bar the clutch which i knew it was due when i bought it it hasn't cost me anything! |
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Posted 9th Jan 2017 at 13:24
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #110
welshpug! wrote: gnrlee wrote: Why? Just why? no money in gti6's any more Also, someone has to Nail,Head! When you can sell the calipers for a 4th of the purchase price it makes finacial sence plus it keeps me occupied |
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Posted 9th Jan 2017 at 13:25
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #111
So even though it's January and I'm flat broke it hasn't stopped me spending on the Megane    They are a set of Reyland 330mm bells and rotors,perfect stoppers for my next plans......... |
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Posted 19th Jan 2017 at 19:30
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #112
So just a small update on a few little jobs tackled this past weekend on the car.First up was sorting out the drivers side headlight. Recently both the indicator bulb and the side light bulb had failed so I was only left with my main beam and an annoying high speed tick every time I went to turn right! Anyone who knows the meganes are an absolute ballache to change a bulb on as there's no access from the top/engine bay and Renault in their wisdom put the worlds smallest inspection panel in the wheel arches that are designed to remove as much knuckle skin as possible. After reading up alot of owners recommend taking the front bumper off to change the bulbs as it's easier. Also since purchasing the car the drivers side headlight has suffered with blistering paint on the inside of the headlight which really let the look of the car down. Dodgy bubbling paint headlight   And up close   So half way through surgery she looked like this  Luckily I'm breaking another R26 ATM that had also been fitted with Xenons so I took the mint drivers side headlight from it and fitted it to my car.  And how it looks all back together  Also on the list of bits to do was to swap the TB breather pipe over. Again since ive owned the car this hasn't been right and annoyed me. Even though it was secure and was fitted in place with a matching Liquid Yellow cable tie it I couldn't live with it.  So step in the breaker R26 with a mint breather pipe with complete connecter ends.  And finally fitted without a cable tie in sight  As the pipes connectors are very brittle I didn't want them breaking again plus I didn't want to fork out the £50 quid it would have cost ne to buy the pipe from Renault, so I fitted the Forge covers that I purchased a while back.  And in situ (don't worry the red bolts will be replaced by some stainless ones and I hate how they look in the engine bay)  Last but not least was a simple swap of mirror switch on the inside. The one fitted had the logos start to wear off and yet again the other R26 donated a nicer part for me to fit. Before  And after  So it was getting dark and had to get a picture with the Black R26 that kindly donated all the parts for free  Granted this isn't the most exciting update but I believe the little details are as important as the big ones. Hopefully I'll have some juicer news next time but cheers for reading those who have |
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Posted 19th Feb 2017 at 00:31
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gnrlee
Forum Admin Location: Leeds Registered: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 8,891 Status: Offline |
Post #113
Top effort!________________________________________ Proud Member of the ASTOR Owners Club |
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Posted 8th Feb 2017 at 02:02
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orta
Senior User  Location: East Mids Registered: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 860 Status: Offline |
Post #114
Lush car mate, appreciate the attention to detail________________________________________ CLUB BLACK RALLYE||B8s||60-70mm drop||Black Partner Steels||P1 VTS Rack||Refurbed Beam||Hybrid ARB||VTS Torsion Bar|| |
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Posted 18th Feb 2017 at 12:55
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #115
So time for a little update.Had these new engine mounts and Powerflex mounts/inserts for some time and finally got a nice day to change them over.    So started with the lower engine mount, fitted in its new home  Then on to the upper engine mount with new stabiliser bar    Then finally the new gearbox mount  Also chucked on a new coolant bottle cap from the one I broke recently as the yellow paint was still intact  She's off for her MOT tomorrow so fingers crossed it doesn't cost me too much! |
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Posted 23rd Mar 2017 at 18:19
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mechanical_repairs
Seasoned Pro Location: leicester Registered: 10 Jan 2005 Posts: 12,122 Status: Offline |
Post #116
Looks a great little car, kinda miss the one I had, cheap car and was loads of track fun.Carl ________________________________________ C.G.Cars of Leicester, Peugeot/Citroen/Renault specialist Tel: 01162 624498/07799 405184 WWW.CGCARSLEICESTER.CO.UK36 narborough road south, Leicester LE3 2fn MOT station now open, tests £35 with a free retest. Recovery available with a recovery unit, for those not so local jobs Also offer the loan of a free courtesy car 306 dturbo |
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Posted 23rd Mar 2017 at 19:15
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #117
So good news!Car has passed it's MOT with 2 advisories which are crusty rear shocks and springs (still have all the new suspension bits to fit from last year) and a track rod end that needs looking at. Over the last few months my driving/parking hasn't been it's best as sadly I've curbed the R26.R alloys quite badly So to rectify this I decided yo have the alloy wheels refurbished. Any ormal person would just either buy a cheap set of wheels to roll around on or stick the car on axle stands. No me as i've bought another set of R26.R alloys and had them refurbished instead  Here's the wheels back from the sprayed this afternoon  Next up is an exhaust and hopefully remap time at end of April |
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Posted 5th Apr 2017 at 22:48
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superchargedblack1997gti6
Seasoned Pro  Location: guildford Registered: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 2,376 Status: Offline |
Post #118
Looks a lovely car Ratty how does it compare speed wise with a low boost?________________________________________ Super high boost Completed, destroyer of gearboxes and 160mph club |
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Posted 6th Apr 2017 at 10:38
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Day666
Seasoned Pro Location: Bristol Registered: 20 Apr 2013 Posts: 5,214 Status: Offline |
Post #119
Looking great Ash ...what's your long term plan now ? |
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Posted 6th Apr 2017 at 15:40
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #120
superchargedblack1997gti6 wrote: Looks a lovely car Ratty how does it compare speed wise with a low boost? Cheers buddy. A standard megane 225 would struggle keep up with a low boost 306 but a lightly modded one (decat, exhaust, injectors and a remap) would be as quick if not a bit quicker. |
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Posted 6th Apr 2017 at 18:24
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #121
Day666 wrote: Looking great Ash ...what's your long term plan now ? Just fitting my 250 turbo, de-cat, injectors and find an exhaust plus a re-map. should be good for 300bhp and 300 ft/lbs. TBH I'm a bit bored of the car but dont have the funds to buy a C63 AMG so it's staying for another 12 months at least. |
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Posted 6th Apr 2017 at 18:28
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Twangy
Senior User  Location: heswall Registered: 27 Jun 2014 Posts: 623 Status: Offline |
Post #122
you've only had it 5 minutes , and already bored ratty . ________________________________________ wayne mcardle |
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Posted 6th Apr 2017 at 19:41
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #123
Twangy wrote: you've only had it 5 minutes , and already bored ratty . It's been a year, 3rd longest I've owned a car in 14 years |
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Posted 6th Apr 2017 at 21:08
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Twangy
Senior User Location: heswall Registered: 27 Jun 2014 Posts: 623 Status: Offline |
Post #124
you must of owned some cars ratty , you going for world record or something________________________________________ wayne mcardle |
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Posted 6th Apr 2017 at 21:26
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roland rat
Yeeeah Rat fans! Location: Swansea Registered: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 22,284 Status: Offline |
Post #125
Twangy wrote: you must of owned some cars ratty , you going for world record or something 27 personal cars and at least 20 bought to break/repair/sell on |
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Posted 7th Apr 2017 at 00:30
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